One in Many (Aligned Form)
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One in Many
Knowledge Requirement
have at least 40 points in calligraphy skill and have at least 80 points among philosophy skill and 10% of metaphysics skill
Actualization Requirement
have at least 100 points among 50% of symbology skill, leximancy skill and 50% of calligraphy skill; and logic skill of 25 or higher
Facility Formula
15% of intelligence plus 10% of charisma plus 20% of leximancy skill plus 15% of symbology skill plus 15% of telesma skill plus 15% of calligraphy skill plus 15% of conjuring skill plus 5% of logic skill, with diminishing returns on a scaling factor of three
Energy Costs
fifty points of spiritual energy
Process to Actualize Form
visualize the kanji that represents the essential type for which <target> is a token
It is an underlying principle of all cognition that many can be treated as one: when one classifies or judges, one relates the subject to many other objects via a predicate that subsumes them all. This form allows one to leverage this logical principle to metaphysical effect: one can magickally reify an essential predicate of a thing and duplicate the subject token qua predicate type. The operation involves elementary logic, as well as a considerably less elementary esthetic, calligraphic kanji that serves as a door to grasping the relevant essence. A new token created with this form is a manifestation. It will not be able to be retokened, it will not always be a perfect duplication, and it will last only so long as one as incarnate. However, unlike other manifestations created by Aligned, it will not gradually drain your reserves of order energy. Rather, there is a base spiritual cost for actualizing this form at all, and then an additional cost in order energy based upon the value of the seed. Note also that certain items are not able to be retokened in the first place. The most common sort of resistance one encounters is from artifacts of great power or other items of sufficient uniqueness such that they essentially individuals more than they are types. It is also generally impossible to duplicate any kind of transient enchantment or manifestation: the seed must be to some degree independently enduring. There are other sorts of exceptions that are not general knowledge that often frustrate Aligned who rely heavily on this power. And, as one might imagine, many Aligned do. This form provides an inexhaustible font of many resources given only a small base quantity: food, fire, clothing, armaments, and even many sorts of restorative potions and other beneficial one-off magickal items.
